Originally Posted by
ESW116
In what context? Road riding? Sure, they're more like a sidegrade rather than an upgrade. But discs weren't developed from road riding. Go into the mountain bike forum and say that discs aren't a MASSIVE improvement over previous tech.
Plenty of MTB'ers still run Vees, they are lighter, cheaper, easier to dial-in, and simple to repair out on the remote trail. I use XTR V-brakes, Avid Speed Dial levers and a rear brake booster. Our trails are dry dessert type, but if its wet i can always change the pads. V-brakes are perfectly fine for dry XC trails....Id be happy to use discs, if i lived in snow/mud/downhill mountain country where id see a "MASSIVE improvement"...horses for courses.
Last edited by CabezaShok; 04-23-12 at 12:47 PM.